Re: [xsl] Unicode character decimal representation problem when copying the XML

[Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> First I tried to do the following:
>
> <xsl:variable name="test-for-saxon-extensions"
> select="concat(function-available('saxon:parse'),
> function-available('saxon:serialize'))" />
> <xsl:if test="$test-for-saxon-extensions ne 'truetrue'">
>   <xsl:message terminate="yes" select="'You must use Saxon-EE |
> Saxon-PE | Saxon-9.2 | Saxon-9.1'"/>
> </xsl:if>
>
> It normally works but because of the way I have organized the
> stylesheet, Saxon  shows its error message long before the
> transformation is stoped by xsl:message.

Saxon will attempt to bind functions at compile time, and gives a 
compile-time error message if they can't be found. If you want to get in 
first, put the function-available test in a use-when attribute on an 
element containing the relevant extension function call.

Michael Kay
Saxonica